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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide100 VMware, Inc.4MovethepointerovertheusernameandchoosePropertiesfromthemenu.5Specifytheauthentication

VMware, Inc. 101Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerUse <object>tospecifythelocationintheActiveDirectorytreewhereStage Ma

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide102 VMware, Inc. OtherOUs–StageManager(createdinsideofHeadOffice) Groups–LabusersgroupinsideStageManage

VMware, Inc. 103Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerAdding a Stage Manager Server Capacity LicenseStageManagercapacityislicensedona

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide104 VMware, Inc. IfaStage Manageradministratorchangesthevalueaftertheinitialsetting,ausercanextendal

VMware, Inc. 105Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager3Specifythetimeframeforemailalertsondeploymentandstorageleaseexpiration: A

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide106 VMware, Inc.3Entertheportnumber.4ClickOK.To change the VirtualCenter system1Unprepareallthehostsattached

VMware, Inc. 107Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager6 (Optional)EnteradifferentnamefortheresourcepoolinStage Manager.7ClickOK.C

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide108 VMware, Inc.TheprivilegesinTable 3‐1appearintheEditRoledialogboxoftheVI Client.Table 3-1. Required

VMware, Inc. 109Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerPerforming Force OperationsWhensomestandardoperationsfail,Stage Manageradministr

VMware, Inc. 11 TheVMware Stage ManagerUser’sGuidedescribesVMware®Stage Manageranditscomponents,commands,operations,configuration,andu

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide110 VMware, Inc.TheForceUndeploymenuoptionisvisibleevenwhentheUndeploy,Undeploy‐SaveState,orUndeploy

VMware, Inc. 111Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerUndeploying Configurations with ForceIfstandardundeployoperationsdonotwork,Stag

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide112 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 113Service User and Service Administrator Operations

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide114 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 1154ServicesarethebusinessfunctionsthatITprovidestothecompany.Forexample,aservicemightbeaninternalcompanyWebsiteor

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide116 VMware, Inc. Numberofconfigurationsintheservicearchive Administratorsforeachservice(differentfromth

VMware, Inc. 117Chapter 4 Working with ServicesAccessing the Lifecycle Stages of a ServiceFromtheServicespage,youcanaccesstheLifecycletabto

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide118 VMware, Inc.c Selectaresourcepool.dClickOK.Thenewstageappearsasthefirststage.Editing Stage PropertiesS

VMware, Inc. 1195Configurationsaretheapplicationsthatenableaservice.Eachconfigurationcontainsoneormorevirtualmachines.Forexample,a

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide12 VMware, Inc. Technical Support and Education ResourcesThefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresou

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide120 VMware, Inc.Accessing the Lifecycle TabTheLifecycletabpresentsthisinformation: Iconsthatprovideaccessto

VMware, Inc. 121Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsTo access configurations in the Archive tab1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerov

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide122 VMware, Inc.To create a configuration1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservicenamean

VMware, Inc. 123Chapter 5 Working with Configurations13 Specifywhetheryouwanttomakeafullclone(ratherthanalinkedclone)ofthetemplate.For

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide124 VMware, Inc.Table 5‐1describesIPaddressentryscenarios.Deleting ConfigurationsYoucandeleteanundeployedco

VMware, Inc. 125Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsWhenyoudeployaconfiguration,youcanspecifywhethertodeployaconfigurationwithnetworkf

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide126 VMware, Inc.4Specifywhethertouseanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations: AllowTrafficIna

VMware, Inc. 127Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsTo disable the calculation1LogintotheVMware InfrastructureClient.2Right‐clicktheclusteran

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide128 VMware, Inc.standalonehost).Inthissituation,thepromoteordemoteoperationstilloccursbutamessageappea

VMware, Inc. 129Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsCloning ConfigurationsStage Managerallowsyoutocreatelinkedclonesandfullclonesofanunde

VMware, Inc. 13Getting Started

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide130 VMware, Inc.To clone a configuration1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservicenameand

VMware, Inc. 131Chapter 5 Working with Configurations Timetodeletetheconfigurationormarktheconfigurationfordeletion. (Optional)Changesum

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide132 VMware, Inc.Exporting and Importing ConfigurationsUseStage Managertoexportandimportconfigurations.Theseco

VMware, Inc. 133Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsImporting ConfigurationsYoucanimport(copy)aconfigurationandallitsvirtualmachinefilesf

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide134 VMware, Inc.Transferring Configurations to Other ServicesFromtheLifecycleandArchivetabs,youcantransfera

VMware, Inc. 135Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsTaking Snapshots and Reverting to SnapshotsAfterdeployingaconfiguration,youcantakeasnapsh

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide136 VMware, Inc.Suspending ConfigurationsSuspendingadeployedconfiguration“freezes”theCPUofthevirtualmachine

VMware, Inc. 137Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsTo power on a configuration1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservicen

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide138 VMware, Inc.3MovethepointerovertheundeployedconfigurationnameandchooseConsolidatefromthemenu.4 Selec

VMware, Inc. 139Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsAccessing Details on Virtual Machines in a ConfigurationFromtheLifecycleandArchivetabs,you

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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide140 VMware, Inc. Templateuponwhichthevirtualmachineisbased. (Notapplicabletoarchivedconfigurations)Prio

VMware, Inc. 141Chapter 5 Working with ConfigurationsAdding Virtual Machines to Existing ConfigurationsFromtheVirtualMachinestabofaconfiguratio

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide142 VMware, Inc. Bootparameters: Integernumberbetweenzeroandthetotalnumberofvirtualmachinesindicatingt

VMware, Inc. 1436VirtualmachinesarethecomponentsofStageManagerconfigurations.Ahostservercanrunmultiplevirtualmachinesconcurrentlyan

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide144 VMware, Inc.TheConfigurationpop‐upmenuneartheupper‐leftcornerprovidesaccessothervirtualmachinesinth

VMware, Inc. 145Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesAccessing a Virtual Machine Console for the First TimeWhenyouinitiallydeployatemplateorc

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide146 VMware, Inc.To deploy a virtual machine1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservicename

VMware, Inc. 147Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesDeploying Virtual Machines on High Availability ClustersIfyoudeployavirtualmachineonacl

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide148 VMware, Inc.4MovethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchooseUndeploy‐SaveStateorUndeploy‐Discar

VMware, Inc. 149Chapter 6 Working with Virtual Machines3IntheStagecolumnoftheLifecycletab,clickthethumbnailiconofthedeployedvirtualmac

VMware, Inc. 151Stage Managerorganizessystemsintheenterprisesoftwarelifecycleintoservices.TheseservicesrepresentthedeliverablesofITs

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide150 VMware, Inc.To reset a virtual machine1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservicenamea

VMware, Inc. 151Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesTo suspend a virtual machine1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointerovertheservic

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide152 VMware, Inc.3IntheStagecolumnoftheLifecycletab,clickthethumbnailiconofthedeployedvirtualmachine.4

VMware, Inc. 153Chapter 6 Working with Virtual Machines4MovethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchooseRevertfromthemenu.Revertingtoth

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide154 VMware, Inc.3IntheStagecolumnoftheLifecycletab,clickthethumbnailiconofthedeployedvirtualmachine.4

VMware, Inc. 155Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesEjecting and Swapping Floppy DisksYoucanejectafloppyfileorswapaninsertedfloppyfilew

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide156 VMware, Inc.ForinformationabouthowStageManageradministratorscanconsolidateavirtualmachinefromtheres

VMware, Inc. 157Chapter 6 Working with Virtual Machines5Revieworedittheappropriateproperties: Name–Virtualmachinenamethatcontainsonlyalp

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide158 VMware, Inc. HardDisks–Diskname,diskspace,andbustypeforeachvirtualharddisk.Youcanadd,edit,orr

VMware, Inc. 159Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesTo edit advanced virtual machine properties1Intheleftpane,clickServices.2Movethepointer

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide16 VMware, Inc. RegulatoryorITprocessesrequiredifferentlevelsofaccesscontrolsatdifferentstagesoftheap

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide160 VMware, Inc. VMware ToolsInternalVer sio n–VersionofVMware Toolsinstalledonthetemplate.IfVMwareTools

VMware, Inc. 161Chapter 6 Working with Virtual MachinesChanging MAC AddressesYoucanchangeaMACaddressforanundeployedvirtualmachineafteraddi

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide162 VMware, Inc.7IntheVirtualMachinestab,movethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchooseDeployfromt

VMware, Inc. 163Chapter 6 Working with Virtual Machines3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.4Movethepointe

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide164 VMware, Inc.Deleting Virtual MachinesYoucandeleteundeployedvirtualmachines.Todeleteavirtualmachinefrom

VMware, Inc. 1657UsetheStageManagerWebconsoletoviewsystemstatistics,resourceusage,activitylogs,anddetailsondeployedvirtualmachines

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide166 VMware, Inc.TheMyStage Managercolumnincludesthisinformation: Numberofservices,lifecycleandarchivedco

VMware, Inc. 167Chapter 7 Monitoring Stage ManagerViewing Log DetailsIfanoperationfails,youcanaccessmoreinformationaboutthaterror.To view d

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide168 VMware, Inc. CPUandmemoryconsumption: Used–Dynamicamountconsumedbyvirtualmachinesinthisstage.Thev

VMware, Inc. 169Chapter 7 Monitoring Stage Manager NameoftheESXServerhost. Personwhodeployedthevirtualmachine. Dateandtimeofdeploymen

VMware, Inc. 17Chapter 1 Stage Manager Infrastructure and the Service LifecycleUnderstanding Stage Manager in the VMware Infrastructure EnvironmentSta

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide170 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 171Appendixes

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide172 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 173AThefollowingtableslistbrowsersandoperatingsystemsforclientmachinesaccessingtheStage ManagerWebconsole.Table A‐1speci

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide174 VMware, Inc.Table A‐2specifiessupportfor64‐bitoperatingsystems.2000AdvancedServerSP3 Yes Yes No No NoSP4

VMware, Inc. 175Appendix A Client and Browser SupportXPProfessionalSP1 No Yes Yes No NoSP2 No Yes Yes No NoRedHatEnterpriseLinux3AS/ES/WS Update

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide176 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 177BThefollowingtableslistuniprocessor(UP)andmultiprocessor(MP)operatingsystems,andtheSIDgenandMicrosoftSysprepcomponen

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide178 VMware, Inc.SP2 Yes Yes Yes YesR2 Yes Yes Yes YesServer2003WebEditionSP1 Yes Yes Yes YesXPProfessionalSP1 Yes

VMware, Inc. 179Appendix B Guest Operating System SupportTable B‐2specifiessupportfor64‐bitoperatingsystems.5AS/ES/WS Yes Yes N/A N/ASUSELinux

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide18 VMware, Inc.VMware VirtualCenter Serverisacontrolpointforthedatacenterandprovidesdatacenterservicessuc

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide180 VMware, Inc.RedHatEnterpriseLinux364‐bit Update7Yes Yes N/A N/AUpdate8Yes Yes N/A N/A464‐bit Update2Yes Y

VMware, Inc. 181CStage Managerusesnetworkfencing,anarchitecturethatisolatesor“fences”virtualmachineconfigurationswhileallowingfullnet

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide182 VMware, Inc.Fromaperformanceperspective,networkfencingimpactsthetrafficflowbetweenmodules.Fencingreq

VMware, Inc. 183Appendix C Network FencingFencingaconfigurationdoesnotrequireanychangestoitsvirtualmachines.Withinafencedconfiguration,

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide184 VMware, Inc. AllowTrafficOut–Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcaninitiatecommunicationtomachin

VMware, Inc. 185Appendix C Network Fencing BlockTrafficInandOut–Networktrafficdoesnottravelacrossthefence.Virtualmachinesinafenced

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide186 VMware, Inc.Processor Type IncompatibilityDeployingaconfigurationinfencedmodehostsallthevirtualmachines

VMware, Inc. 187GlossaryA ActiveDirectoryAMicrosoftdirectoryservicethatstoresinformationaboutusers,computers,andtheWindowsoperatingsys

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide188 VMware, Inc.B basediskTheoriginalvirtualharddiskfromwhichavirtualmachineisderived.Virtualmachinesc

VMware, Inc. 189GlossaryconsolidateTocombineanexistingbasediskanditschainofdeltadisksintoasinglebasedisk.Useconsolidationtomovea

VMware, Inc. 19Chapter 1 Stage Manager Infrastructure and the Service LifecycleLeveraging VMware Infrastructure CapabilitiesStage ManagerleveragesVM

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide190 VMware, Inc.DRS(VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler)SeeVMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS).E ejectCD

VMware, Inc. 191GlossaryforceundeployToforcefullyundeployavirtualmachineorconfigurationaftersituationssuchasanESXServerhostgoesperma

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide192 VMware, Inc.insertCDToassociateanISOimageintheStageManagermedialibrarywithavirtualmachine.TheISO

VMware, Inc. 193GlossaryLDAP(LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol)Aprotocolthatenablesyoutolocateorganizations,individuals,orotherresourc

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide194 VMware, Inc.PrepareHostswizardAwizardthatpreparesESXServerhostsforStageManageruseafterattachingar

VMware, Inc. 195GlossaryrevertToreturnthevirtualmachinetoanearlierstatecapturedinasnapshot.revertpointThestateofavirtualmachineasc

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide196 VMware, Inc.SMB(ServerMessageBlock)Anetworkprotocolforexchangingfilesbetweencomputers.YoucanuseSMB

VMware, Inc. 197GlossaryStageManageragentSoftwareinstalledontheESXServerhostthatfacilitatesaconnectiontotheStageManagerServersystem.

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide198 VMware, Inc.U undeployTounregisteravirtualmachineorconfigurationfromanESXServerhost.Thisoperationma

VMware, Inc. 199GlossaryvirtualmachineAvirtualizedx86PCenvironmentinwhichaguestoperatingsystemandassociatedapplicationsoftwarecanrun.

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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide200 VMware, Inc.VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)Afeaturethatintelligentlyandcontinuouslybalancesvir

VMware, Inc. 201Glossaryresponsetoconfigurationchanges,promotescompliancewithregulatoryorworkflowprocesses,andpromotesefficientuseofst

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide202 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 203VMware, Inc. 203IndexAaccessingconfigurations 119services 115virtual machines 143ActiveX control 145activity logmonitoring Stage Man

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide204 VMware, Inc.consolidating 137creating 121defining 119deleting 88, 124demoting 127deploying 124deploying in fenced

VMware, Inc. 205Indexdetaching resource pools 73disablingguest customization 43resources 78version check of VMware Tools 44virtual machine and media s

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide206 VMware, Inc.unpreparing 76viewing deployed virtual machines 80Hosts tab 70Iimportingconfigurations 133Lab Manager

VMware, Inc. 207Indexnetworkingadding IP addresses 93configuring settings 90installation ID 93IP pool 91managing 90–94removing IP addresses 94static a

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide208 VMware, Inc.Sservice templatescreating stages 32editing stage properties 33preparing 32servicesaccessing 115acces

VMware, Inc. 209Indexsuspendingconfigurations 136virtual machines 150synchronizing media library with media store files 63Ttemplate virtual machine co

VMware, Inc. 212TogetstartedwithStage Manager,youcanbecomefamiliarwiththemainelementsandoperationsoftheStage ManagerWebconsole.Thi

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide210 VMware, Inc.changing IP addresses 161changing MAC addresses 161consolidating 87, 155creating templates from 51def

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide22 VMware, Inc.To access the Stage Manager console1 ObtainaStage Manageraccount.Ifyoudonothaveanaccountorn

VMware, Inc. 23Chapter 2 Using the Stage Manager Web ConsoleSpecific Areas and OperationsTheStage ManagerWebconsoleincludestheseareasandoperat

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide24 VMware, Inc. ResourceUsage–ShowsCPUandmemoryinformationforresourcepools,services,andstages.Thisinf

VMware, Inc. 25Chapter 2 Using the Stage Manager Web ConsoleSample Service, Configuration, and Template in Stage ManagerTheStage ManagerWebconsole

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide26 VMware, Inc.To configure default display and deployment options1Setthefirstpagetoappearafterloggingin.2To

VMware, Inc. 27Chapter 2 Using the Stage Manager Web ConsoleTo set passwords1Enterapasswordandconfirmit.2ClickChangePassword.

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide28 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 29Stage Manager Administration

VMware, Inc. 3ContentsAboutThisBook 11GettingStarted1 Stage ManagerInfrastructureandtheServiceLifecycle 15VisualizingtheEnterpriseService

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide30 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 313UsetheStage ManagerWebconsoletomanageyourStage Managerenvironment.TheoperationsinthischapterarerestrictedtoStage Ma

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide32 VMware, Inc.Managing ServicesOnlyStage Manageradministratorscansetupthedefaultservicetemplatethatserves

VMware, Inc. 33Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager3Providestagedetails: Name. SpecificationofwhethertorestrictthestagetoStage

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide34 VMware, Inc.4Fromthelistofavailableusers,selecttheappropriateusersandusetherightandleftarrowstoa

VMware, Inc. 35Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerIfVMwareToolsisinstalledonthetemplateandtheversiondoesnotmeetStageManage

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide36 VMware, Inc. ReviewguestcustomizationinformationforStage ManagerandcompletespecificstepsforWindowsNT

VMware, Inc. 37Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager NumberofvirtualCPUs.Thedatastoreforvirtualmachinesmustbeconnectedtoahost

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide38 VMware, Inc.To deploy a template without default preferences1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.2Ifthetemplate

VMware, Inc. 39Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerInstalling Guest Operating SystemsInstallingaguestoperatingsystemrequiresentering

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide4 VMware, Inc.StageManagerAdministration3 ManagingandConfiguringStage Manager 31ManagingServices 32Preparingth

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide40 VMware, Inc.To install VMware Tools1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.AtemplatemustbedeployedtoinstallVM

VMware, Inc. 41Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerPrerequisites for Guest CustomizationReviewtheseprerequisites: Youmustspecifythe

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide42 VMware, Inc.Building a Microsoft Sysprep Package for Guest CustomizationStage Managercancustomizethenetworkse

VMware, Inc. 43Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Stage Manager Server\Tools\CustomizeGuest\Windows\Sysp

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide44 VMware, Inc.Considerdisablingguestcustomizationunderthesespecialcircumstances: Thesoftwareinthetemplat

VMware, Inc. 45Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo disable the check of VMware Tools1Intheleftpane,clickSettings.2IntheGuestCus

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide46 VMware, Inc.5Inthevirtualmachineconsole,enterthesecase‐sensitivecommands:> /etc/init.d/volmgt stop>

VMware, Inc. 47Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo shut down a Solaris guest operating systemForSolarisguestoperatingsystems,navig

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide48 VMware, Inc.To publish a template1Fromtheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.Atemplatemustbeundeployedtopublish

VMware, Inc. 49Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerImporting a Template from an SMB ShareYoucanimportvirtualmachinesastemplatesfrom

VMware, Inc. 5ContentsEditingAdvancedTemplateProperties 56ChangingMACAddresses 59AddingVirtualHardDiskstoTemplates 59EditingHardDisks 60Un

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide50 VMware, Inc.Importing a Template from VirtualCenterIfyouhaveanexistingvirtualmachineinaresourcepoolmana

VMware, Inc. 51Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerCreating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in Stage ManagerYoucancreateatempla

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide52 VMware, Inc.Cloning Existing TemplatesYoucancreatealinkedcloneorafullcloneofatemplatetotakeadvantag

VMware, Inc. 53Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager3Providetemplatedetails: Name (Optional)Description Timetoundeploythetemplate

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide54 VMware, Inc.Exporting TemplatesYoucanexport(copy)atemplatetoanSMBshare.Thisoperationassumesthatyoue

VMware, Inc. 55Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerConsolidatingatemplateonlyoccursonunpublishedtemplatesandcantakeanextended

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide56 VMware, Inc. GuestOS–Guestoperatingsystemofthetemplate.Ifyouselecta64‐bitguestoperatingsystem,the

VMware, Inc. 57Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo edit advanced template properties1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.2Movethepoi

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide58 VMware, Inc. SupportsCustomization–SpecificationofwhethertheinstalledversionofVMwareToolssupportsgue

VMware, Inc. 59Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerChanging MAC AddressesYoucanchangeaMACaddressforanundeployedtemplate.Youmight

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide6 VMware, Inc.DeletingVirtualMachinesandConfigurationsAfterAssessingDatastoreUsage 88EditingTemplateandVir

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide60 VMware, Inc.Adding SCSI Virtual Hard DisksIfyouaddaSCSIharddisktoavirtualmachine,youmightgeneratean

VMware, Inc. 61Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerAccessing Virtual Machine Consoles of TemplatesFromatemplateconsole,youcanperform

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide62 VMware, Inc.9ClicktheImportVMfromVirtualCenterbutton.10 Completethedetailsfortheimportoperation:a Sele

VMware, Inc. 63Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagercSpecifywhethertousestaticorDHCPIPaddressassignment.dIfyouspecifystaticIP

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide64 VMware, Inc.Makesurethemediastorecontainingtheappropriatefilesisenabled.See“EnablingResources”onpag

VMware, Inc. 65Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTheUserstabpresentsthisinformation: NameAgrayiconindicatestheuserisdisable

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide66 VMware, Inc.To send email notification to a group of users1 Selectausergroup.2Enterthecontentoftheemail.3C

VMware, Inc. 67Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager6Specifywhethertouseanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations: Allo

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide68 VMware, Inc.Editing User PropertiesEditinguserpropertiesinvolvesassigninguserroles.See“ReviewingUserRole

VMware, Inc. 69Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerManaging ResourcesUsetheResourceslinkintheleftpanetoaccesssettingsintheRes

VMware, Inc. 7ContentsServiceUserandServiceAdministratorOperations4 WorkingwithServices 115AccessingServices 115ReviewingServiceOperations 1

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide70 VMware, Inc. AmountofCPUandmemoryinuseandtotalamountofCPUandmemory,asfollows: Used–Dynamicamou

VMware, Inc. 71Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager Nameofthecluster.Acomputeresource(owneroftheresourcepool)canbeacluster

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide72 VMware, Inc. VMCreationEnabled–Allowsyoutostorevirtualmachinesinthedatastore. MediaStoreCreationE

VMware, Inc. 73Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerUsethistabtoaddamediastore.Fromatableinthetab,youcandisableorremovea

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide74 VMware, Inc.Understanding Host StatesReviewthevariousstatesthataffecttheReadyandAvailablestatusintheH

VMware, Inc. 75Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager EnteringStandbyMode–HostisintheprocessofenteringstandbymodeinVirtualCen

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide76 VMware, Inc.Preparing and Unpreparing ESX Server HostsStage ManagerpromptsadministratorstostartthePrepareHo

VMware, Inc. 77Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager3ClickOK.Duringtheunprepareoperation,StageManagertriestouninstalltheStageMa

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide78 VMware, Inc.To enable a media store for media use1Intheleftpane,clickResources.2IntheMediaStorestab,move

VMware, Inc. 79Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager Importingvirtualmachines Transferringconfigurationstoservices(usingtheCopyC

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide8 VMware, Inc.AccessingChangeSummariesforConfigurations 140AddingVirtualMachinestoExistingConfigurations 141

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide80 VMware, Inc.Ifyouredeployvirtualmachinesinasuspendedstate,makesurethattheotherhostsareCPUcompatib

VMware, Inc. 81Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerOnthispage,atableincludesthisinformation: Accesstothevirtualmachineconsole

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide82 VMware, Inc.Editing Host PropertiesStage ManageradministratorscaneditpropertiesforESXServerhosts.To edit h

VMware, Inc. 83Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerEditing Datastore PropertiesStage ManageradministratorscaneditVMFSandNFSdatastor

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide84 VMware, Inc.Viewing Virtual Machine Datastore UsageIntheVirtualMachineDatastoreUsagepage,Stage Manageradmi

VMware, Inc. 85Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo access virtual machine datastore usage1Intheleftpane,clickResources.2IntheDat

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide86 VMware, Inc.Figure 3‐1showsabasicexampleofvirtualmachineandinternalnodesaffectedbyadeleteoperation.

VMware, Inc. 87Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo assess virtual machine disk space with the Context view1ClickResourcesintheleft

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide88 VMware, Inc.Deleting Virtual Machines and Configurations After Assessing Datastore UsageYoucandeletevirtualmac

VMware, Inc. 89Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerAdding NFS Datastores to Stage ManagerYoucanaddNFSdatastoresbyattachingthemtoy

VMware, Inc. 9ContentsMonitoringResourceUsage 167MonitoringDeployedVirtualMachines 168AppendixesA ClientandBrowserSupport 173B GuestOperating

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide90 VMware, Inc. Disablethedatastore.See“EnablingResources”onpage 77. Makesuremediafilesassociatedwithan

VMware, Inc. 91Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerTo edit system-wide network settings1Intheleftpane,clickNetwork.2IntheGeneralta

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide92 VMware, Inc. Virtualmachinename.Virtualmachinescanusethesamenamesunlesstheyareinthesameconfigurati

VMware, Inc. 93Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerReviewing the Installation IDStage ManagerusestheinstallationIDtogenerateMACadd

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide94 VMware, Inc.Removing IP Addresses from the Stage Manager IP PoolStage ManageradministratorscanremoveIPaddress

VMware, Inc. 95Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerStage Managerusespersistentcookies(physicallystoredinthecomputerharddisk)to

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide96 VMware, Inc. Frequencyofgarbagecollectionondatastores.Garbagecollectionistheautomaticdetectionandfree

VMware, Inc. 97Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager7Specifywhethertouseanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations: Allo

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide98 VMware, Inc.Microsoft Active Directory and Stage ManagerStage ManageradministratorscanconfigureStage Managert

VMware, Inc. 99Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage ManagerAuthenticating Users Against LDAPTheprocedurestoauthenticateLDAPusersdependonwh